Rounded Bodied Terracotta Lamp with Blue and Violet Streaked Glaze

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Rounded Bodied Terracotta Lamp with Blue and Violet Streaked Glaze

terracotta: wheelmade, fabric: gritty fine buff clay, dense with small inclusions
height 5.1 cm
length 12.9 cm
width 8.8 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #94, PSU 192 (198)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This lamp, with a bowl-shaped reservoir on a pedestal base, is imperfectly covered by a light blue glaze which has streaks of a darker blue and violet in it. The long, open nozzle is broken at the end. The funnel shaped neck is missing, as is the loop handle which extended from the rear of the reservoir to the neck. Shape: Round bodied lamp with disk base; rounded profile with shallow groove running around body; raised disk at top of body; attachment of vertical neck preserved; long extended open nozzle coming out from side of body; opposite nozzle is lower handle attachment (upper part probably attached to neck or rim, now gone). Inscriptions: Glossy pale green glaze with streak of purple and light blue and yellow; dripped over top, not covering entire surface; large drips accumulate towards base. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Body complete; missing neck, handle, tip of nozzle.
 

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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center - Public Access
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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
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Ceramics, Utilitarian Objects
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Lamp
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Image reproduced with permission from Portland State University Middle East Studies Center. The institutions that house the specific Medieval Portland objects ultimately hold the rights to their image and reproduction; the images are provided here as a courtesy by those institutions and are for non-profit, educational use only.